ArtsCan Circle

ArtsCan Circle visits isolated indigenous communities to provide hands-on music and art experiences for the children and youth.

ArtsCan Circle

2013 MusiCounts TD Community Grant Recipient

ArtsCan Circle visits isolated indigenous communities to provide hands-on music and art experiences for the children and youth.

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ArtsCan Circle visits isolated
indigenous communities in Labrador, Quebec, Northern Ontario and the Arctic to
provide hands-on music and art experiences for the children and youth. The
program also donates new musical instruments and art supplies that will remain
in the communities to help ensure children will have ongoing opportunities for
artistic and musical expression. ArtsCan Circle runs workshops twice a year and
continues to return to the same communities to develop a level of trust and to
have a lasting impact on the youth who participate in the workshops.

The children and youth of these remote communities experience great challenges
on a daily basis and have few, if any, creative outlets. ArtsCan Circle
workshops give youth a chance to learn new skills, to play, sing, write, paint
and act. $6,500 has been awarded to ArtsCan through the MusiCounts TD Community
Music Grant and this funding will be used to purchase harmonicas and ukuleles.